BENDIGO TAFE and its students cleaned up at the Victorian Training Awards earlier this month, taking out four of the nights fifteen top gongs.<\/p>\n
Together with the Kangan Institute, Bendigo TAFE was named Large Training Provider of the Year at the gala ceremony in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
It was the 68th year of the annual event that honours individuals and organisations in the Victorian TAFE and training sector.<\/p>\n
The TAFE\u2019s Desirae Kilduff was awarded Koorie Student of the Year alongside Franchesca Morrell who received the Trainee of the Year award.<\/p>\n
Jaynaya Miller took out School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year, nudging out fellow student Madison Giordano who was also a finalist for the award.<\/p>\n
Each category award recipient won $5000 in prize money and a 2022 Victorian Training Award trophy, they\u2019ll also represent Victoria at the Australian Training Awards in November.<\/p>\n
Kangan Institute and Bendigo TAFE CEO Sally Curtain said the awards were an honour.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn absolute credit to our dedicated and committed staff\u2026who put students at the centre of everything we do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite the challenges of COVID-19 over the past year, our teams were able to adapt swiftly to the challenges and go above and beyond to ensure our TAFEs and our students continued to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
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